BILLE PEARCE RONDINELLI, Ph.D.

Dr. Bille Pearce Rondinelli is currently the Assistant Superintendent/Secondary for the Pine-Richland School District, Gibsonia, Pennsylvania and has served in public education since 1979. During that time, Rondinelli served as an administrator in the Mt. Lebanon school system just prior to accepting her position as Curriculum Director K-12 in the Moon Area School District (1999). While at Moon Area, Rondinelli was promoted to Assistant Superintendent/Curriculum and receieved two Commissioned terms.

Acknowledged for her classroom experience with teacher/educator recognition awards, Rondinelli taught (1979-1999) in secondary English/Language Arts differentiated classrooms and specialized with advanced learners in research, journalism, and advanced placement courses as well as worked with struggling learners in Developmental Reading programs. Additionally, she has facilitated courses or workshops for colleagues, graduate, and undergraduate learners.

Today, Rondinelli focuses on working with the Pine-Richland School District 's community of educators centering on the 7-12 curriculum of the district that will best enable students to achieve and coordinating secondary professional staff development and in-service opportunities.

Active in professional organizations such as the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development; American Association of School Administrators (AASA); Phi Delta Kappa (PDK) et.al., Rondinelli keeps abreast of current educational trends, resources and initiatives. She regularly attends and participates as a life-long learner in national and local conferences, workshops, and institutes.

Supportive of regional educational organizations, Rondinelli has maintained an active role as the Professional Development Committee Chair for the Arts Education Collaborative and serves as Vice-President for the Western Region of the Pennsylvania Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (WPASCD). Rondinelli often notes that her commitment and advocacy for the arts and service organizations is maintained on both professional and personal levels.

Rondinelli's personal education includes the completion of her doctoral studies in May 1999 at the University of Pittsburgh with the publication of her dissertation entitled Leadership Styles of Female Superintendents and Assistant Female Superintendents in Western Pennsylvania. Graduate and undergraduate institutions where Rondinelli has studied include Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania and Kent State University, Kent, Ohio .